Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions

The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to ...
Electronic DesignOpinion

The Great Debate: Do We Use AI Tools to be Better Engineers?

Here's a practical cheat sheet of AI tools that can help engineers design circuits, optimize boards, simulate systems, write ...
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I install these 9 Python tools on every new machine

These are my go-to libraries for Python data crunching.

Scientists Made a Cell With Most of the Hallmarks of Life. Here’s What to Know.

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.
The New York Times

Cleve Moler, Who Unlocked the Power of Computing for Millions, Dies at 86

He built interfaces that allowed engineers, scientists and everyday people to solve difficult problems without having to write the underlying code. By Clay Risen Cleve Moler, a mathematician who, in ...
IEEE

A New Reconfigurable True Random Number Generator and Physical Unclonable Function Unified Chip With On-Chip Auto-Calibration

Abstract: True random number generator (TRNG) and physical unclonable function (PUF) have been extensively used to secure low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints. In this paper, a lightweight ...